Market Data Collection Software offers workflow automation.

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Research Insight v8.6 provides global daily market data reaching back to 1984, including Compustat's Total Returns data. Along with support for more robust and larger databases, software offers workflow tool that streamlines automation of basic tasks. Adding daily market data and Total Return concepts for non-North American companies makes it possible for analysts to determine daily returns, weightings, and price changes as well as calculate total return over user-defined periods.



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Capital IQ's New Research Insight Release Provides Global Daily Market Data and Adds Workflow Automation



Research Insight v8.6 incorporates new data and database technology for increased flexibility and efficiency

NEW YORK -- Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, today announced the availability of the latest version of Research Insight. Research Insight v8.6 provides clients with detailed global daily market data as far back as 1984, including Compustat's Total Returns data. The release includes a workflow automation tool, which streamlines automation of basic tasks and incorporates new database technology, providing more robust and larger databases. Additionally, product configuration components have been dramatically simplified with a new user interface.

Research Insight's global daily market data upgrade provides subscribers a comprehensive data set for market performance analysis. Adding daily market data and Total Return concepts for non-North American companies makes it possible for analysts to determine daily returns, daily weightings, daily price changes, as well as calculate total return over user-defined periods, on a global scale.

In addition, the new automation tool in Research Insight streamlines the workflow from commonly used tasks, such as screening and reporting. The workflows can be scheduled to run on a recurring basis or run on demand.

"A new user interface for configuration and database management tasks, such as selecting databases to work with and scheduling regular database updates, consolidates commonly used functionality into a single location, resulting in a more intuitive user experience," said Doug Dashiell, Research Insight product manager. "We believe the workflow feature will be very valuable to clients who use Research Insight's powerful analytics to generate data, and then extract it from the platform for use with other databases or in other applications."

"Capital IQ strives to continue to provide the analytical tools the financial marketplace needs," said Randall Winn, executive managing director at Capital IQ. "These recent enhancements to the Research Insight application underline our commitment to understanding clients' needs, and our ability to rapidly develop and deliver solutions that streamline the alpha generation process."

About Capital IQ

Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, delivers comprehensive fundamental and quantitative research and analysis solutions to over 4,200 investment management firms, investment banks, private equity funds, advisory firms, corporations, and universities worldwide. Its solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, Compustat, ClariFI, and SystematIQ products, and offer an array of powerful applications for desktop research, screening, real-time market data, backtesting, portfolio management, financial modeling, and quantitative analysis. For more information, please visit Capital IQ's web site at www.capitaliq.com.

Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit www.standardandpoors.com.

CONTACT: Rishi Sharma, +1-212-438-2615; risharma@capitaliq.com; or Monique Helfer, +1-303-721-4760; monique_helfer@standardandpoors.com

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